A former technical advisor at Amazon, Filiz Genca, joined digital healthcare staffing company CareRev as chief operating officer.
Category: Disruptors
3 healthcare leaders leaving Amazon, Google
Several healthcare executives and leaders at Amazon and Google have stepped down, left the company or taken a break from their positions in 2022.
What healthcare tech leaders think about the CVS-Signify deal
With the news that CVS has agreed to acquire home healthcare provider Signify Health for $8 billion, the pharmacy giant has made it clear that it intends to disrupt the healthcare industry. The company hopes to make doctors making house calls as ubiqui…
Amazon Care’s end surprised employees, patients — but not industry experts
Amazon Care, the company’s in-person and virtual primary care services, abruptly closed, leaving employees of Amazon surprised as the human resource department promoted the service as an employee benefit the same week it shut down, The Washington Post …
CVS Health to buy Signify for $8B: 6 details
CVS Health entered into a definitive agreement Sept .5 to acquire Signify Health, a home health company, for about $8 billion.
5 recent hospital and health system partnerships with Big Tech
Big Tech companies including Amazon, Google and Microsoft been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.
What CIOs, digital execs expect from Amazon in healthcare
Amazon revealed plans to shutter Amazon Care in an Aug. 24 letter to Amazon Health Services employees. But that doesn’t mean the end of healthcare services from the nearly $470 billion technology behemoth.
Amazon exec joins healthcare workforce company
Patty Bedard, head of executive development at Amazon, left the company to join healthcare workforce marketplace platform CareRev.
Johnson & Johnson names former CVS president, CEO to lead consumer health arm
Johnson & Johnson has named former CVS president and CEO Larry Merlo a non-executive chair designate for its new consumer health company.
Amazon to end Amazon Care services for employers
Amazon said it plans to cease operations of its Amazon Care service after Dec. 31.
